1. ​Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by by Jared Diamond Ph.D.
2. The Making of the Atomic Bomb by by Richard Rhodes
3. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by by Simon Singh
4. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by by Yuval Noah Harari
5. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by by Jared Diamond
6. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by by Daniel Yergin
7. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by by William L. Shirer
8. Einstein: His Life and Universe by by Walter Isaacson
9. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by by Barbara Demick
10. ​The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917 by by Philip Zelikow
11. The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression by by Jean-Louis Panné
12. Energy and Civilization: A History by by Vaclav Smil
13. The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World by by Patrick Wyman
14. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by by Dava Sobel
15. History of the Peloponnesian War by by Thucydides
16. Napoleon: A Life by by Andrew Roberts
17. Master Of The Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by by Robert A. Caro
18. Paul: A Biography by by N. T. Wright
19. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by by James M. McPherson
20. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by by Nelson Mandela
21. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by by David Fromkin
22. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by by Mary Beard
23. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap? by by Graham Allison
24. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by by S. C. Gwynne
25. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations by by Ronen Bergman
26. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by by Timothy Snyder
27. How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by by Daniel Immerwahr
28. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by by Laura Hillenbrand
29. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by by Vincent Bevins
30. Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention by by Ben Wilson
31. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by by Erik Larson
32. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by by Deborah Blum
33. These Truths: A History of the United States by by Jill Lepore
34. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by by Nathaniel Philbrick
35. Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by by Jim Mattis
36. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by by Stephen E. Ambrose
37. A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918 by by G. J. Meyer
38. The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by by Lindsey Fitzharris
39. White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by by Nancy Isenberg
40. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by by Edmund Morris
41. The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by by David E. Hoffman
42. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by by Ron Chernow
43. The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History by by DK
44. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by by David McCullough
45. Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base by by Annie Jacobsen
46. Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il by by Michael Malice
47. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (King Legacy) by by Martin Luther Dr. King Jr.
48. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by by Malcolm Gladwell
49. Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life by by Patrick Van Horne
50. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by by Erik Larson
51. A History of the World in 6 Glasses by by Tom Standage
52. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by by Camilla Townsend
53. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway by by Jonathan Parshall
54. The Origins and History of Consciousness: Bollingen Series by by Erich Neumann
55. Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by by Reeves Wiedeman
56. Hiroshima by by John Hersey
57. Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by by Silvia Federici
58. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by by Liza Mundy
59. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by by Joseph J. Ellis
60. From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000 by by Lee Kuan Yew
61. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943): The Liberation Trilogy, Volume 1 by by Rick Atkinson
62. Why We're Polarized by by Ezra Klein
63. The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Volume 1: Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor, Revised Edition by by Susan Wise Bauer
64. Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives by by Dana Canedy
65. The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by by Anne Frank
66. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy, 2) by by Rick Atkinson
67. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by by Adam Makos
68. Farewell to Manzanar by by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
69. The Hill: A Memoir of War in Helmand Province by by Aaron Kirk
70. Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century by by Charles King
71. Fast Food Nation (The Dark Side of the All-American Meal) by by Eric Schlosser
72. U.S. Army Improvised Munitions Handbook by by Army
73. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Vol. 1) (Pacific War Trilogy): War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942by by Ian W. Toll
74. The Johnstown Flood by by David McCullough
75. Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice by by Adam Makos
76. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by by Erik Larson
77. The Liars' Club: A Memoir by by Mary Karr
78. Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by by Huey P. Newton
79. The Water Is Wide: A Memoir by by Pat Conroy
80. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by by Casey Cep
81. Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum by by Meghan McCarthy
82. Marcus Aurelius - Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader (Harris Classics) by by Marcus Aurelius
83. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 by by Garrett M. Graff
84. Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by by Steve Sheinkin
85. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by by Frank McCourt
86. We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young: Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by by Harold G. Moore
87. Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture by by Annelise Heinz
88. The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again by by Robert D. Putnam
89. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by by Chris Kyle
90. Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins by by Annie Jacobsen
91. My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by by Ari Shavit
92. Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization by by Edward Slingerland
93. Black Elk Speaks: The Complete Edition by by John G. Neihardt
94. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by by Chester Nez
95. How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America by by Heather Cox Richardson